Shaun Prendergast

Shaun Prendergast born 1958 is an English actor and writer born in North Shields educated at Collingwood School Oswin terrace North Shields Norham High and Tynemouth Sixth Form College and trained at Bretton Hall College BA Hons Predergasts first play Potters Wheel written when a student won five awards at the 1980 National Student Drama Festival including Best New Play and was subsequently presented at the Old Vic as part of an NSDF showcase season He is married to Niki Winterson of Wintersons Talent Management and has a stepson Domenic and a daughter Molly They live in London He was an actor and playwright in residence for Northumberland Theatre Company before joining the BBC Radio Drama Company and subsequently became a founder member of Kenneth Branaghs newly formed Renaissance Theatre Company Awards include a Sony Award a Writers Guild Award and a Time Out Award Christmas of 2010 saw Shaun play the role of Sarah the Cook in the pantomime Dick Whittington at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith directed by Steve Marmion